Our Lessons For the Week: Flower Hunt
Students will talk about how flowers are a result of all this spring rain we are experiencing. Students will pick their own flowers, describe them and count them.
What is our theme?
Science, Math, Spring, Flowers
What is the lesson (overall purpose)?
MA Guidelines/Standards:
PreK-ESS2-5 (MA). Describe how local weather changes from day to day and over the seasons and recognize patterns in those changes.
PreK-ESS2-6 (MA). Provide examples of the impact of weather on living things.
PreK-LS1-3 (MA). Use their five senses in their exploration and play to gather information.
PK.CC.4 Count many kinds of concrete objects and actions up to ten, recognizing the “one more”, “one less” patterns, using one-to-one correspondence, and accurately count as many as seven things in a scattered configuration.
Learning Outcomes:
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
Book read aloud on youtube: “Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms” by Julia Rawlinson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG5JN72bAEU
Materials
Activity (Procedure):
Activity Wrap Up:
Review how flowers bloom in the springtime. Talk about why it’s so important for it to rain during the spring so that the flowers can grow!
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
Ask your child how many flowers would you have if I picked one more flower for you? How many flowers would you have if I took one flower away?
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions): Your child may need help picking their flowers. Have child friendly scissors ready for them to use as a tool to cut their flower.
Students will talk about how flowers are a result of all this spring rain we are experiencing. Students will pick their own flowers, describe them and count them.
What is our theme?
Science, Math, Spring, Flowers
What is the lesson (overall purpose)?
- Students will talk about how flowers are a result of all this spring rain we are experiencing.
- Students will describe flowers they pick: color, size, smell
- Students will count how many flowers they pick.
MA Guidelines/Standards:
PreK-ESS2-5 (MA). Describe how local weather changes from day to day and over the seasons and recognize patterns in those changes.
PreK-ESS2-6 (MA). Provide examples of the impact of weather on living things.
PreK-LS1-3 (MA). Use their five senses in their exploration and play to gather information.
PK.CC.4 Count many kinds of concrete objects and actions up to ten, recognizing the “one more”, “one less” patterns, using one-to-one correspondence, and accurately count as many as seven things in a scattered configuration.
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will better understand that flowers begin to bloom during the spring season.
- Students will use their senses to describe the flowers they pick.
- Students will count the correct number of flowers that they picked.
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
Book read aloud on youtube: “Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms” by Julia Rawlinson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG5JN72bAEU
Materials
- Computer/device to watch youtube link
- Child friendly scissors (optional - if child needs help picking certain flowers)
Activity (Procedure):
- Start by watching the book read aloud, “Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms” by Julia Rawlinson
- Ask your child to go outside and collect their own spring flowers.
- When your child brings back their flowers, ask them to explore their flower: look at it with their eyes, smell it with their nose, touch it with their fingers.
- Ask your child to describe what they’re observing.
- Ask your child to count how many flowers they picked.
- Put them in a vase or small cup of water if you can!
Activity Wrap Up:
Review how flowers bloom in the springtime. Talk about why it’s so important for it to rain during the spring so that the flowers can grow!
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
- Is my child interested in investigating the flowers with their senses?
- Is my child able to describe their flowers?
- Is my child able to count their flowers correctly?
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
Ask your child how many flowers would you have if I picked one more flower for you? How many flowers would you have if I took one flower away?
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions): Your child may need help picking their flowers. Have child friendly scissors ready for them to use as a tool to cut their flower.
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